Jess Greene’s Journey from Breakdown to Breakthrough

“I’m a very scared, very anxious person that does all of these things with my hands shaking.”

Jess Greene joins Dan Harty for a deeply honest conversation about her transformation—from a hundred-pound weight loss and serious health scares to becoming one of the most accomplished ultra-distance runners in the world. Jess shares how movement, meal planning, and consistency helped her rebuild her relationship with food, her body, and herself, not from a place of punishment, but from a desire for healing and longevity.

The conversation goes far beyond running, as Jess opens up about living with anxiety and OCD, how endurance sports became a powerful tool for managing mental health, and why gentleness—not grit alone—was the key to sustaining long-term change. Along the way, she explains how fear, grief, and self-doubt don’t disappear at the finish line, but can be carried, processed, and transformed through movement and community.